Canvas Portfolio is a designated space for students to submit evidence towards their learning and reflect on their work. Canvas offers both Evaluation Portfolios, created by the instructor, and Showcase Portfolios, created by the student. Once published, students can enable sharing for both portfolio types, which will create a Share Link that students can share […]
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Canvas Portfolio is a designated space for students to submit evidence towards their learning and reflect on their work. Canvas offers both Evaluation Portfolios and Showcase Portfolios. Evaluation Portfolios are created by the instructor, while Showcase Portfolios are created by the student. The process for students to submit evidence to either Portfolio type is the […]
Grading student work can be one of the most challenging and time-consuming parts of teaching a course. You need to check students’ work for accuracy, for meeting requirements, and for understanding of the learning objectives for a multitude of assignments. On top of that, it’s important to provide students with meaningful and timely feedback regarding […]
Finding specific content in a Canvas course can sometimes be time-consuming, especially as courses grow and include more materials. To help streamline this process, Canvas has introduced IgniteAI Search for Courses, an AI-powered search tool designed to make it easier to locate relevant course content. IgniteAI Search is available in Canvas and works within content […]
Canvas Pages are one of the easiest and most accessible ways to deliver content for your course. You can use HTML code in Canvas to create simple visual elements that make your pages more engaging, organized, and easier for students to follow. This tutorial provides ready-to-use code you can copy and paste into your own […]
In your course, you may want to ensure students are looking at certain documents closely to see their understanding and interpretations of the information. One way to do this is through Canvas’s Student Annotation option in Assignments. Student Annotation assignments allow you to upload a document, such as an article, primary source, or chart, and […]
Sometimes you might need to copy content from one course into another without wanting to copy an entire course. For instance, if you create a quiz in one course and want to use it elsewhere, being able to copy that quiz directly can save significant time and effort. Canvas has built-in features that allow you […]
Lucid for Education can be used to integrate interactive and visual learning tools directly into your course. There are two Lucid tools available under the Lucid (Whiteboard) menu item in Canvas, Lucidspark and Lucidchart. These are referred to as the Lucid Education Suite. Lucidspark is a virtual whiteboard tool that enables students to collaborate on […]
Question Banks are an excellent tool to use when creating Classic Quizzes. You can add questions to a bank, edit them if you like, and then add them to any Classic Quiz. You can use Question Banks to reuse questions and set up randomized pools of questions, for example. You may want to add several […]
The start of a new semester can be a stressful time for instructors. Fortunately, there is one major part that is quick and painless: copying forward your Canvas course into a new shell. With just a little preparation, you can copy your course into the new semester; the whole process only takes about 10 minutes! […]